washington's initials. his middle name was augustus, and my full name is erica augusta wagner so make what you will of that. a strange story perhaps so i will elaborate somewhat. i grew up across the river on the upper wi side. have to admit i never set foot on the brooklyn bridge until i was a teenager. i got myself a boyfriend, young english civil engineer. he came to visit me in new york one winter, but in truth, i think it wasn't really me he wanted to visit. it was the brooklyn bridge. and so we walked on the promenade together, and like so many before and so many since, i was struck with wonder by the bridge, and it was no bad thing that i had someone with me who could explain to me how it really worked. the boyfriend did what boyfriends do, he disappeared. but there you good. however, my fascination with the bridge remained. how did it get there? who made it? i began to read all i could about it, and that is how i met washington. i read hamilton skylar's early biography of the roeblings, david mccull

martha washington. it is a -- see her signature. m. washington. and it's an early edition. printed in england. it was known as a help and guide to christian families. published in london in 1752. so quite likely a book she may well, you can imagine, would have taken along with her to camp to spend that winter at valley forge. now, the top of the page is missing. almost certainly it was clipped by an autograph collector in the 19th century. presumably her name would have been written out there as well. and it was probably clipped by a collector. and if any viewers have that in their collection, we would love to reunite the book and the autograph. but there's her signature. martha washington. so it's entirely possible to imagine that that's a book that spent the winter at valley forge along with the general and his suffering soldiers. a few other objects. again, an object that quite likely was also used at valley forge. the soldier's canteen. seems like a fairly mundane object but there's really probably

he is currently writing "the archaeology of george washington: a survey of all the washington-related sites and their stories." he has also conducted a reassessment of the 1930's archaeological record at george washington's birthplace. he says this site is one of the most intriguing and misunderstood archaeological sites. he says it is time to fully make sense of the birthplace, archaeologically speaking, the last place of the puzzle. he will be speaking on the finding of his 2013 reassessment of the site's archaeology and will highlight the things generations have gotten right and wrong. he argues, since the anniversary of the birth is fast approaching, those of us who are committed to the landscape will want it to speak loudly and clearly about the momentous event that took place nearly 300 years ago. the world will be watching. without further ado, please welcome dr. philip levy. [applause] dr. levy: thanks, everyone, thanks for coming out here. let's get everything set up. thanks for being here. thank you, scott, for the introduction and to the superintendent for helping pull this

so washington complied. and he had the artist paint this miniature of him, and a piece that martha treasured for the rest of her life. an 18th inscription said she was wearing it. we even have here an image of martha. the other item we have is a letter. it's one of three surviving documents from george to martha washington. this letter and another letter were actually found in martha washington's desk while peter owned it. and what's so significant of this letter is where george tells martha he's been given command of the continental army. he tells her he must proceed immediately to boston to take command of the army. it's such a significant document especially because mrgta washington burned all of the correspondence between she and her husband after his death because she felt that was one aspect of their very public relationship that could remain private. so this is a very treasured item. one of the other objects i wanted to highlight is this camp stool. it's actually one of two surviving camp stools that

whose vision to president washington, george washington rely on during his two terms as u.s.dent for both the government and economic systems? >> alexander hamilton. >> good. very good. alexander hamilton was george washington's indispensable partner in war and peace for over 22 years. this is noted. if you are into history, and i know a number of you are, you likely heard of thomas fleming. he has written over 50 books. he's revered and just incredible. he had a great summary. listen to what -- if george washington was the indispensable man, then alexander hamilton was the indispensable man's indispensable's man. all right. so we completed the presentation on indispensable partner. now, i carefully called this the partner presentation. first i was going to call it the dual presentation, but with hamilton, it's really not. two presentations. okay. and in the next one, hopefully in the future, it would be nice to share, he was america's indispensable founder and visionary. i compare eight components of the various visions and find out from which founding father do we live with

martha washington and george washington married, it was her second marriage. and all the money was hers. that when he married her, he made a really good catch as they say. her first husband had husband she, martha, was accustomed to considerable comfort and wealth in virginia where she lived with her first husband, and so she kind of transfers that skill that she's already amassed as the wife of a wealthy plantation owner when she marries george washington who is still finding his way economically when he becomes the commander in the american revolution. and so when we look at someone like martha washington, and we sort of see the frilliness of her outfit, i think that balances really well with the real focused, kind of piercing gaze that she gives us. again, this is somebody not to be messed with. she was short in stature, but i think she was might ney personality and charles wilson peal's portrait of her for his museum is a wonderful study. just look at that chin. she's not somebody who will acquiesce to anyone, even her husband, president george washington.

it descended in thek family of general washington's sister, betty washington lewis through her sons, one of whom george lewis was an officer in generae washington's life guard. this was a company of soldiers who provided sort of a securit detail for general washington, but also maintained his field equipment, his field headquarters including washington's tent that is in our collection here on display in the museum. this flag, according to family t tradition, was displayed to mark washington's presence in the field, to mark his headquarters. it is in very delicate condition, of course, being silk it is very light sensitive. it was displayed for many, many years before the deleterious effects of ultraviolet light were understood. it is only displayed on special occasions on the museum, but we certainly use the design.ta we have a replica of the flag on display on the ground floor of theha museum. it is very special because it was commissioned forit a flightn the space shuttle in which john glen accompanied. it has been to space and back, and it is on display on the ground floor of the

february 221864, washington found himself invited to a ball. you know the third quarter had a ball six weeks since. l. via his closes by his closesn such matters. the evening was a spectacular success. our supper costs $1,500 wa $1,5r a shiite parties in washington the most prominent were present. the streaking politically powerful daughter. the senator from new hampshire but these women were not the reason for washington's letter to his sister. last but not least was the sister of the general who came from west point to attend the ball and it was the first time i ever saw her and i'm very much of the opinion that he's captured your brother's heart at last. it came without any realization without immigrants taking place and it was therefore all the more successful and i assure you it gives me the greatest pleasure to say that i have succumbed. what they said to each other that night and the way they danced, what she was wearing, the gleam of the candlelight on the tunic, all of this is lost but washington's wines to his sister are true and clea

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around 1900, washington, d.c. was celebrate iing the centenni and of course around the country, many of the cities were developing parklands, such as central park and new york. there was an interesting congress in doing something similar here in d.c. and senator james mcmillan was appointed chairman of the senate park commission and the purpose was to really look at the laffont plans and to attempt to implement the laffont plan and really make washington, d.c. a premier nation's capitol and one of the greatest cities in the country. of course, part of that plan involved creation of a national mall with public buildings and monuments and museums along a grassy area ventures south from the capitol building. in order to accomplish the plan, the railroad stations which were located too close to the capitol building, needed to be removed. if you can imagine not only did you have two train stations, but you had a number of tracks and railroad crossings throughout the city in order to get to the stations. >> daniel bernh

and if you see over the shoulder of george washington, that wide blue ribbon, this is a mark that washington purchased in boston in 177 a to distinguish himself. of course, this is primarily a new england army. no one knows who's in charge, so the first thing is he does is to purchase this ribbon to mark he's the commander in chief. and this actually is the original ribbon which washington gave to the painter later during the revolutionary war and then descended and now in the collection of harvard's peabody museum. and this gallery sort of takes you through the end of 1775, and it's now january of 1776. and our next gallery which we intitle revolution, every thing in 1776. it really focuses on then on the independence movement and the big change now from appealing to the king to try and resolve these differences and deciding the king was the enemy and that the only solution was to declare independence. so one of the things we try to do in this gallery is sort of invert the narrative that many of us were taught in school, which is viewing the declaration of independence as this document that

"washington journal" is next. ♪ ♪ it's the washington journal for july 17. house considers a number of bills related to pipeline construction and environmental regulation. the senate is expected to take up a procedural vote for president trump's nominee for deputy defense secretary. voteafter a delay in the to move the gop health care vote forward. lobbying by senate leadership on that bill is expected to continue. a new associated press poll shows three out of four americans expressed that they have two little influence in the workings of washington, d.c. those with money had more influence than those with less money have less impact. we were going to show you the results of these polls and get your thoughts on who has influence in washington and what you think about what it says. democrats.000 (202) 748-8001 republicans. (202) 748-8002 independents. --t on twitter if you wish post on twitter if you wish for our facebook page -- or our facebook page. about 1000ked americans to talk about influence in washington, d.c. three out of four saying they have two l

be sure to watch "washington journal on monday morning. join the discussion. >> representative karen kendall's is one of the newest members of congress after winning a special election in georgia's six dexter. we sat down with her to talk about the election, her family and what it is like as a new member in washington. are talking with representative karen handel. you have been in washington for a couple of weeks. what has it been like? >> it has been a whirlwind, but what next ordinary opportunity to represent the people of the sixth district of georgia. >> will was the most surprising thing you have picked up on in the last two weeks? >> not too much was surprising. rep. handel: took much was surprising. we have a lot to get done and make sure on the issue site and the policy side, and getting the team put place -- put in place as well. ask most representatives come in with a learning curve, but you are coming in in the middle where you are dealing with a debt ceiling and a budget situation. how do you bring yourself up? collects i am a

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washington journal.e ask all of you to give us your take on this repeal now and replace later strategy. are you for it or against it? democrats (202) 748-8000. republicans (202) 748-8001. independents (202) 748-8002. or facebookwitter as well. we want to get your thoughts on health care this morning. start dialing in. the phone lines are open. to your thoughts on whether or not repeal now replace later is a good strategy let me show you what the president had to say in his own words. the audio of the president's interview with the new york times on attorney general jeff sessions. >> sessions gets the job. right after he gets the job he recuses himself. >> was that a mistake? neversions should have recused himself and if he was going to recuse himself at you should have told the before he took the job and i would have picked somebody else. job,sessions takes the gets into the job, recuses .imself think is veryi unfair to the president. how do you take a job and then recuse yourself? if you would have recu

washington d.c.re's no other way of putting it. >> a little later in our broadcast, doreen ginsler, bob ryan sit down to talk about their friend. some great stories coming up you won't want to miss. >>> you know, throughout the day you saw the impact vance had on so many with one look at messages and tributes on social media. d.c. mayor calls jim a voice and leader of the city, a legend who will be greatly missed. the d.c. council twitter account put out this one. washington has one less monument today. and prince georges kktcu baker calls advance a washingtonian for the ages. savannah guthrie sent the nbc washington team her love as well. i love this one from the national also. look at this picture and the message. we mourn the loss of jim vance, a d.c. icon who will be greatly missed. >>> we want to thank you you, so many of you who have sent us your condolences today or told us how much vance means to you in your lives. he truly felt that love from the people who watched him every night. earlier t

you can see areas of defr if sit a washington d.c. snowstorm that lay hows you to be an 18th century snow tomorrow. there is a second painting debate forking valley it is on the it is as you enter rj so the from it will sont condition through kre contract and the family do you know what bit? the with you day i continue to look back as a course so whether that i be clal there are a couple to jekts ton layers so this is a painted silk banner that was commissioned by the butchers to of philadelphia so participate in a parade when the marquee delafayette returns to america on the eve of the 50th on verse ri to recall his service as a close associate of general washington through the war of independence. it would have been car all of the trades one it was very nice of column so almost certainly one of the spectators would have been jacob latch who was local revolutionary war veteran. he had served at least three tours as a malitia man during the time of the philadelphia campai campaign. he died about 1845. also, this descendent in the fami

and george washington's tent.n come to hold the largest slave population in the history of the world and yet the revolution continued to inspire. >> his answer. an inspiration to over throw the tyranny of his day, to side with the right against the wrong with the weak against the strong and with to pressed against to presser, he said. here lies of those revolutionaries and many that have followed. like douglas, most americans are not content with reassuring origin stories. we work now for the prospect of the better future with past levels our guide. we see the american revolution in its own historical present, we look not only on the grand jury of long debt heroes. we appreciate the efforts of common women, men and children of all sorts. their losses, as well as their victories and determination to turn those losses into lessons that will keep them fighting on. taking this history of inspiration to make the united states the company retreat and meaning to be. i, for one, to a very fortunate that this museum is ali

martha washington. so it's entirely possible to imagine that that's a book that spent the winter at valley forge along with the general and his suffering soldiers. a few other objects. again, an object that quite likely was also used at valley forge. the soldier's canteen. seems like a fairly mundane object but there's really probably about half a dozen canteens that have survived from the revolution with this surcharge which tells us that that was the property of the continental army that was actually marked. there was actually an order that came out midway through the war because so much of the material, they were having trouble keeping track. soldiers would be discharged and take all their gear home and of course perennially short on supplies. there was an effort by marking weapons and just things like canteens they could try to get a better handle on keeping all that material. >> one of the great treasures in our collection is a simple modest little flag. blue background that bears 13 stars. and it

they really help hold up washington dc. there a part of washington the rest of the country doesn't see or understand. not just the federal government and the smithsonian. there are people who have lived here for generations. this is their hometown. important toy is the growth of the city and the economy of the city. >> you can watch this another american artifacts program by visiting our website at www.c-span.org. , today atay weekend war,on the civil historians discuss the york city during the war, from divided loyalties to its southern economic ties and the draft riots. >> it seems clear that these draft riots were in

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it is about washington, but also about washington in the 1930's, 1860's, 1830's. there are other people working on this but this has become very important to me and it extends from an archaeological beginning. i like to look at the sites and work from the sites and i use them as my framework. the number -- 2032 up. why? what is special about that? this is probably the worst audience to ask that question of because you know. this is coming next. does this clarify? an essential thing we have to keep in mind. , 2032 is 10terms minutes away. it takes a very long time to organize the scale of an event that has to happen. anniversary ofl his birth, was an event that was planned for 20 years before it came into being. at the point where we are in relation to the tri-centenary, it has already bindu -- it has already been decided that there will be a massive celebration. we will want to start to eat the drums on this and all of you can help by being loyal to the landscape and getting the idea out that there has to be something. someone will figure out that 2032 is coming u

current temperatures 80 degrees in washington, 70s elsewhere.rning as it has been. we're going to warm on up. we're getting cloud cover out there. some areas has sunshine. i do believe the best chance for sunshine would be before noon today. then we have severe weather this afternoon. strong p.m. storms. in fact, some of those could be, as i said, severe. we're looking at maybe just a little bit of cloud cover right now. nothing really happening on storm team 4 radar. these are the areas we're watching. number one coming through ohio and number two right here. really strong wind associated with this one. can you see by the way curves right there. that area of red rig pool. i would say any time before 2:00 p.m. then we're going to have to keep an eye on the sky. delray musicfest. strong. starts and goes to 8:00. prime time, storms out there. evening concerts, chris stapleton, a lot of big fans. i do believe there's lightning out there. maybe they can get it in between these two storms. this is 7:30. as it moves closer to us we're looking good to

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it's monday july thirty first five pm in washington d.c. i'm going to sweets and you're watching our america and we start with russia's response to a new round of sanctions imposed by the u.s. government russian president vladimir putin has announced that the u.s. embassy will have to cut seven hundred fifty five people as a result of washington's policies archies romantic kozyrev has more on moscow's comeback. new sanctions against russia are expected to be signed by president donald trump the document approved by congress aims to its argot the country's lucrative energy trade with partners in europe washington claims the measures are in response to alleged election meddling well moscow has already responded to another likely round of restrictions by asking the united states to cut its diplomatic staff in russia by seven hundred fifty five people by september the first just making the number of employees equal to the number of russian embassy staff in the united states but also russia ordered the u.s. embassy to stop the use of some real e

i am getting tired of this washington la-la. host: we received the same criticism when obama and clinton and bush were in the white house. you knowst letting what people are writing about, in this case, trump. we are not making any assertions . we're not trying to do anything except tell you what leading news organizations are saying about the president. writers, they do not have the mental capacity to understand what is going on around them. uellerannot see that m is putting in a team of clinton supporters. what does that tell you? you do not have to be a scientist c that something stinks. that something stinks. host: what would you tell the writers? toler: i would tell them write the truth. they are writing opinions. their opinion is trump has to go, because they want hillary, or they wanted the socialist. socialists.e the american people are not stupid. i am 77 years old. i have never seen anything like this in my life. i'm sick of it, i really am. i would be willing to take up arms against these liberal democrats. i do not t

so he knew washington very well. in the early revolutionary period he became involved in the independence movement. he became a british commander, was a general commanding the lead elements of that american force at the battle of princeton. when the british counterattacked, mercer was knocked from his horse. and apparently these british troops thought that they had actually captured general washington. and demanded that he surrender. but mercer defended himself with a sword. and this is actually the original silver-hilted sword that mercer had in his hand, you see in the background the depiction from john trumbel, the painting of the death of mercer, with a bayonet from the british regiment that attacked the americans at princeton. these blades may well have crossed one another as mercer lay on the ground fighting off a circle of british soldiers. he was repeatedly stabbed with bayonets, mortally wounded. he lingered for nine days afterwards and became a kind of martyr for the american cause. when he eventually died,

and go to war in washington. but the trump curious voter was curious to see if his style would make a difference, if it changed how washington worked for the best if it would be a new way of doing things fort the better and i think what we're seeing here is some loss of faith and perhaps a kind of throwing in of the towel and saying oh, it's the usual thing in washington, trump is no different from the other guys. >> yes, and mika, obviously, you have all the lies that are being told, but you look at the policies, and the medicaid cuts will of course ravage the poor. >> yes. >> but will also ravage working class americans in rural communities that went for donald trump. i talked to one hospital consultant this past weekend, it was a big trump supporter who actually said that communities across middle america that went for trump will see the economies damaged. these massive cuts to medicaid will actually hit the top employers in their communities the biggest, and that's the rural hospitals. >> that's when they'll

alex: i think we see the consequence of electing a washington outsider that brought in a team of washingtonutsiders. they don't know how washington works. it would be unfair to call them incompetent. there certainly struggling with the levers of power in washington. megan: just touching on health care for a second, i think alex is exactly right. they have trouble getting moderates on. approval only has 20% rating. will be a very difficult road for mitch mcconnell with rob portman to get this bill through. it is a difficult political cell. i'm sure they love the trump is tweeting at them is it of actually being there helping them with this legislative agenda and the ground they need to push it through. it would be better if they have the president trying to get his signature. david: we talked to haley barbour, former chair about what they really need to do to get things like tax reform. this is what he said. >> it will not surprise me if senator mcconnell brings health care reform up next week. and if it does not pay us, set it aside for a while. only to themove not tax reform bill that is o

march on washington film festival.org. so whether the event is there's charge you need a reservation so please some of them are already sold out. you want to get on there quick. >> you have done this with volunteers. >> yes. >> this year we issued a call through our list and we have many volunteers that will be working in different aspects of the festival in support of our work. >> i know it's going to be a fantastic ten days. >> it will be. >> educational entertaining and informative and ten days of awareness raising here in the washington area. >> it's always a great feeling as the days go on. it just builds in momentum. it's delightful. >> all right. it's so good to see both of you. thank you for being here this morning. >> thank you for all that you do. >> thank you. thanks so much. that's the march on washington film festival july 13th through the 22nd. you'll find the list and schedule of events on our website nbc washington.com search community. news 4 today is next. z2ejdz z16fz y2ejdy y16fy fios is not cable. we'r

jan crawford, cbs news, washington. >> quijano: we'll be right back. be right back. >> quijano: more than a million ion le have visited the national museum of african-american history and culture since it opened last september but one exhibit is striking a cord with visitors who describe it as delicious. here again, errol barnett. >> we go through over 600 pounds of chicken a day, a hundred pounds of catfish a day, oxtail, ep0 pounds. >> reporter: jerome grant is the executive chef at the bustling sweet home cafe, inside washington's newest museum. >> what are you still out of? >> reporter: grant, the son of a iblipino mother and african american father calls sweet home cafe an edible exhibit. can- lot of people associate african-american food with-- we are more than southern food, african-americans are some of the-- behind american food whether we were saves or-- we were in the kitchen, we were in the kitchens in the stable houses, we were-- help develop what american food is. hi reporter: while southern favorites like fried chicken are on the 50 item

the "washington post" columnist dana milbank mocking president trump.washington post" is nothing to do with amazon, though president trump does accuse it of being a lobbying tool for washington he also has been sharply critical of some of the recent coverage so day that pona pokes fun of it he says my job is to give you the truth without fear or favor and with no concern about what bezos might think. the ugly truth 2009, you can buy it on amazon video in other words, he's poking fun of what an amazon and "washington post" would actually be at the "post" he says there is no man in the high castle, an amazon original series showing that actually there is no link, he makes a point that bezos is very hands off edit editori editorially. i wonder if bezos will have a fight on his hands when it comes to amazon within the administration that is a bigger question because the tweets have ramped up lastly. >> the thing with this though is that the president does have a tiny bit of ground at least to make this sort of accusation because clearly the newspapers as th

david: michael mckee joining me from washington, d.c., president donald trump will meet with the prime minister of lebanon to hold a joint news conference. we expect the president will answer questions about health care. we will bring you those comments as soon as we can. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: this is "bloomberg markets: the trump economy." it is a crucial day for health care on capitol hill. the procedural vote will take place later this afternoon. joining us with more is kevin cirilli. to flag something from an ohio news figure senator portman expected to vote to proceed the .ealth care debate c senator mccain is back in washington. watching for over these next couple of hours as we head to the procedural vote? kevin: i texted several sources within the last couple of now, the- right working assumption for republicans as they do have enough votes on that motion to proceed. vice president mike pence has also arrived here on capitol hill. he will be presiding over the boat and casey is needed to cast the tie-breaking vote -- over t

good morning washington.as hot & less humid today - back to hot & humid thursday - rain likely friday - comfortable & dry weekend ahead today: sunny to partly cloudy. not as hot and less humid. winds: n 5-10+ mph tonight: mainy clear to partly cloudy. very pleasant. lows: 59-69 winds: ne 5 mph wednesday: partly to mostly cloudy. a touch more humid. isolated shower east of i-95. highs: 81-85 winds: ese 5 mph breaking overnight-- controversy surrounding attorney general jeff session. president donald trump has reportedly spoken with advisers about the consequences for firing the attorney general. this comes less than a week after the president publicly slammed sessions for his decision to recuse himself from all the russia investigation. when asked about the criticism last week-- attorney general sessions said that he had no plans to resign. in virginia-- we are learning more about a fiery accident on richmond highway... near mount vernon. it was a terrifying scene was caught on camera.. abc-7 has learned no ch

let us go back to washington, d.c. with elylan mui as well >> the president apparently tweeted that reince priebus was out when he was on air force one with reince priebus. that tweet came out while they were on the same plane once they did disembark from that plane, dh had bewhich had new york, the president apparently said that reince is a good man and that john kelly will do a fantastic job. now, there are several news outlets reporting that reince priebus actually had resigned privately on thursday. so perhaps there was some -- perhaps there was some indication that this was coming down the line as this health care bill failed we do have the bite of president trump commenting on priebus's departure. >> reince is a good man. john kelly will do a fantastic job. general kelly has been a star. done an incredible job thus far, respected by everybody a great, great american. reince priebus, a good man thank you very much. >> reporter: so a big shake up here in washington a lot of internal politics coming out into the ope

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in washington wilson found voices like these sounding, senator bora of idaho said it took george washingtonen years to gain independence from george iii and now, my friends, they want to give it back to george v. and senator johnson added, he is asking us to hand america destiny over to the secret councils of europe. it is the duty of senators of this nation to keep america american. a few democratic senators said it was the end of american independence. the league was in mortal danger. woodrow wilson did not wait. against his physician's warning on september 4th of 1919 he started west on a long exhausting trip to carry his fight for ratification to the american people. ♪ many senators demanded reservations to the treaty, others were violent against ratification in any form. it was not the faulty peace settlement that troubled them so much but the commitment to the league. some of them claimed it created a superstate and argued that under the covenant the league might force our nation into a war without the consent of congress. in 22 days wilson made 40 addresses in 17 cities. against any

and the iranian military chief says washington must dismantle its bases within one thousand kilometers of iran's borders if the u.s. persist with new sanctions against the country. and the head of the french military resigns publicly clashing with president recall ever. given though it will be back to the at the top of the hour with the latest news up next when all to international cross-talk debates. in the white house don't go away. hello and welcome to cross talk were all things considered i'm peter lavelle it's probably fair to say no other american president is more controversial than donald trump was so many powerful forces arrayed against him can he succeed even stay in office we will see however legitimizing the destructive means employed against whom may be the lasting damage. across talking the state of trump world i'm joined by my guest so mira khan in washington she's a columnist and political scientist in new york we have. rob he is a political pundit in journalist contributing to the huffington post and in seattle we have callers he is a writer activist and progressive yo

the washington post, it is a campaign trailfor washington post, it is a campaign trail for them.campaign trailfor them. one washington post, it is a campaign trail for them. one or two washington post, it is a campaign trailfor them. one or two papers, the new york times honing in, some others may just leave it the new york times honing in, some others mayjust leave it for the time being? it is interesting, the investment in journalism at the washington post over the last year has been extraordinary. the coverage of the trump administration and their ability to keep getting scoops is really impressive. the daily telegraph, many papers in the uk lead on the story that bbc stars who are man are disproportionately paid, compared to their female counterparts. many of whom do exactly the same job will for example, the stars of their breakfast television. example, the stars of their breakfast televisionlj example, the stars of their breakfast television. i am sure there are going to be some good conversations this morning. how amazing for the bbc team. they must have been preparing for

"the washington post" reports that u.s. intelligence officials intercepted russian ambassador kislyak telling moscow he discussed the trump campaign with sessions. a sessions aid disputed that and said sessions stands by his testimony that he never discussed interference with any campaign. the president publicly described afraid relationship with sessions over his recusal overseeing the russian investigation. the most visible shakeup happened inside the white house where a new communications director, wall street financier anthony scaramucci is taking over. that was kelly o'donnell reporting. let's bring in the co-author of the daily play book and reporter for bloomberg news. great to have you here. >> thank you. >> i want to talk about anthony scaramucci's tweets yesterday, saying he was deleting old tweets because he didn't want them to be a distraction. an hour later, this one. the politics of gotcha are over. i have a thick skin and we're moving on to @potus serving the american people. what happened to the air kiss he

joining me from washington, joining me from washington, one robert costa from the washington post andoderator of "washington week," on pbs, susan page of usa today, and hugh hewitt, of "the hugh hewitt show," and frank bruni of the new york times. tell me about the appearance today and what might have been this week with respect to the testimony. >> i think jared kushner did about as well as anyone could in a difficult situation, charlie. i read his entire 11 page letter over the air so that commuters could hear it. it was not denial. it was specific and details. it was explanatory. for those trying to give trump the benefit of the doubt, they would find it comforting. i found it interesting that he said he met sir big archive -- sergey gorkov before. i also found it interesting that he specifically said no collusion. the two stories were that he got russian money, and he denied that, and that he colluded with data. i thought for someone who is used to hearing evasive nondenial denials, it was clear, specific, and complete. it doesn't help anyone else, but it helps him. charlie: but y

. >> "washington journal" continues. back david hawkings is with us on the "washington journal," of course senior resident oll call, everything st congress. we should say this topic storms chafis making a pitch before he left congress for a big pay raise for members. we get to that pitch, remind us what congress members ake now, what the general benefits are for a member of congress. guest: sure. of base salary for a member congress, the pace salary is $174,000 a year. been that way for almost 2009, was s, since when that number was reached. he way the law is supposed to work, congress enacted a law in he 1990s to say the congressional salary would increase by the cost of living every year unless congress voted increase.hat and every year since 2009, actually as done so, the bill, the appropriations bill the house will vote on this it again for ck another year. $174, only exceptions are the -- two majority leaders and wo minority leaders make i think 193 and the speaker of the house makes $223. that, they do get federal

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